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REPORT 



OF 



THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION 



OF THE 



OFFICIAL RECORDS 



OF THE 



UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. 



BOARD OF PUBLICATION. 

MAJOR GEORGE W. DAVIS, 

United Statks Army. 
LESLIE J. PERRY, Civilian Expert. 
JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, Civilian Expert. 



WASHINGTON: 

aoVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1896. 



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REPORT 



BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAE EECOEDS. 



War Department, War Records Office, 

Washinr/ton, June 30, 1896. 

Sir ; The Board of Publication of the. Official Eecords of the Eebel- 
lioii begs to submit the following- report of its operations during the 
fiscal year ended June 30, 1896: 

Eleven thousand copies eacli of Vols. XLVI, Parts II and III; 
XLVII, Parts I, II, and III, and XLVIII, Part I, have been printed 
and distributed during the year. These volumes cover the final cam- 
paigns of the war in Virginia, the Carolmas, and the trans-Mississippi 
region. Vol. XLVIII, Part II, will be issued in a few weeks. 

The final part of the Atlas (No. 35) was issued during the year, which 
completed the work as planned; but it was found necessary to publish 
three additional plates for insertion in Part XXVII. These Avere 
accordingly printed and will be issued during the coming month. An 
index and table of contents to the Atlas has just been completed and 
will shortly be issued, which will greatly facilitate reference to the maps 
accomi)anying the various reports. 

Work upon the general index to the first Series of the War Pecords 
has been continued throughout the year, and it is now up with current 
issues. This index can not be completed until the last volume of Series I 
is published. 

The examination of files and archives and the work of selecting, 
copying, and comparing material for the remaining volumes of the sev- 
eral series have been continued without interruption. The following 
notes of work accomplished within the year in the several departments 
of publication will convey some idea of the variety and amount of labor 
performed in connection with the preparation and publication of these 
records: 92,772 books have been received from the printer and 83,227 
distributed; 30,9(J8 copies of parts of the Atlas to accompany the Offi- 
cial Eecords of the Eebellion have been received and 20,189 distributed ; 
3,900 letters, cards, etc., have been leceis^ed and 7,200 letters, cards, 
circulars, etc., have been mailed in response to inquiries; 103,000 labels 
for addresses have been printed and compared; 7 books have been 
indexed wholly or in part, and this involved the i)reparation of 87,000 
reference cards; 49,000 folios of manuscript were prepared and verified 
and 8,250 pages of proofs in galleys and page form were verified, cor- 
rected, and prepared for publication. 

The work remaining to be done consists in completing Series I, of 
which there will be four more books; a supplement of probably four 
books, and a general index of book indexes, making a total in the series 
that is taken up with the active operations of war of 110 books in all. 

The Atlas, consisting of 178 plates, may be considered as a part of 
this series. 

3 



4 REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAR RECORDS. 

If present progress is continued tlirougli the next fiscal year the 
records of military operations proper, such as battles, campaigns, and 
other active operations, will be completed by the 30th of June next, and 
the general index of this series will shortly thereafter be ready to send 
to the i^rinter. 

The records to be embraced in the second, third, and fourth series 
are nearly all selected and copied ; five volumes are in type and several 
more are about ready for the x)rinter. 

The total number of employees engaged in the compilation, publica- 
tion, and distribution of the records is 59. Before the close of the next 
fiscal year this number will be reduced probably to 50, the princii)al 
reduction being in the force of copyists. There will then be very little 
work of this class remaining to be done. 

The estimates submitted this year for a continuation of the work con- 
template a reduction in the appropriation of $20,000 from the amount 
heretofore appropriated annually. 

The close of the present fiscal year finds 101 volumes of the work 
issued and distributed to beneficiaries, with 8 more volumes in tyj)e. 
The Atlas of maps has also been completed, with the exce})tion of the 
index, which Avill be issued in September. It consists of 178 litho- 
graphed plates, containing maps showing the positions and movements 
of troops on all the more prominent and many of the less important 
battle-fields of the war, and embracing much other material of great 
value to the historian and the student seeking knowledge of a military 
character. The Atlas was published in paper-covered parts or pam- 
phlets of 5 plates each, and distributed to beneficiaries as issued. 

SURPLUS VOLUMES. 

The act of 1882 has been interpreted to mean that when an individual 
or organization is designated to receive this work, such individual or 
organization becomes entitled to receive from the War Department the 
continuous publication. In the event of the death of a recipient, the 
Department has, in all cases, endeavored to communicate with the legal 
heirs, and when proper evidence was received, proving them to be such, 
the distribution has been continued to the legal heirs. In many cases, 
however, it has been found impossible to locate the executors or admin- 
istrators, and in all such cases, the remaining issues due deceased bene- 
ficiaries have been retained in this office. As the law appears to be 
very explicit upon this point, that the i^erson designated becomes 
entitled to the entire publication, there seems to be no authority for the 
disposal of this accumulation, except through Congress. The act of 
January 12, 1895, authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish complete 
sets to each Senator and Member of the Fifty-third Congress, not 
already entitled by law to receive the same, and authorizing him (the 
Secretary) to use for the purpose such incomplete sets as remain on 
hand uncalled for by beneficiaries designated to receive them under 
the several acts providing for the distribution of these records, enabled 
the office to distribute about 15,000 volumes. The accumulation, how- 
ever, is constantly increasing, and will continue to increase from year 
to year, unless authority is obtained from Congress for the disposition 
of the incomplete sets referred to. The number of volumes now stored 
in the War Department, including those set aside for sale, number 
56,242, and 15,000 copies of the several parts of the Atlas. 

The act of Congress approved August 7, 1882, provides that "the 
remaining copies (700) of the 11,000 to be published * * * shall be 
sold by the Secretary of War for cost of publication with 10 per cent 



REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAR RECORDS. 5 

added tliereto, and the proceeds of .such sales shall be covered into the 
Treasury." TJuder this law more than 51,000 volumes and pamphlet 
copies ot" the several parts of the Atlas of maps accompanying- the work 
have been sold to subscribers. The total number received, distributed, 
sold, etc., from 1880, when the first volume was printed, to 1896 is given 
iu the followino- tabular statement: 



Fiscal year. 


Books re- 
ceived. 


Parts ol 

Atlas 

received. 


Total re 
ceived. 


Distrib 
uted. 


Sold. 


Amount 
received. 


1880 81 


2,000 

3,000 

33, 000 

33, 000 

55, 000 

55. 000 

44,000 

66, 000 

44, 000 

110, 000 

198, 000 

121, 000 

103. 500 

120, 252 

19, 179 

66, 000 




2,000 

3,000 

33, 000 

33, 000 

55, 000 

55, 000 

44, 000 

66, 000 

44,000 

110, 000 

198, 000 

165, 000 

235, 500 

230, 252 

108, 679 

88, 000 


2,000 

3,000 

26, 891 

29,211 

46, 437 
48, 150 
45, 186 
55, 108 

47, 061 
107, 461 
163, 895 
172, 936 
186, 642 
207, 168 
108,780 

98, 069 


(a) 
(ft) 
1,109 
789 
2, .501 
2,850 
2,314 
2,892 
1,939 
3,539 
6,317 
7,188 
5,949 
7,637 
2, 955 
3,158 


<a) 


1881 82 




1882 83 


$887. 17 
550 00 


1883 8 1 




1884 85 




1 665 09 


1885 86 




1 681 55 


1886 87 




1 457 80 


1887-88 




1 880 10 


1888 89 




1 279 85 


] 889 90 




2 335 70 


1890-91 




3' 916 84 


J8i"l 92 


44, 000 
132.000 
110, 000 
89 500 
22, 000 


4 025 39 


1892-03 


2,974 53 


1893 94 


4 276 84 


1894-95 


1 329 64 


1895-96 


1' 893 80 






Total 


1, 072, 931 


397, 500 


1, 470, 431 


1, 347, 995 


51, 194 


30 154 30 







a Sold by the Public Printer. 

It will be observed that 1,470,431 copies of the records have been 
received and 1,347,995 distributed to libraries, organizations, and indi- 
viduals under regulations prescribed by the act of August 7, 1882, 
leaving on hand, for future distribution and sale, 56,242 volumes and 
15,000 parts of the Atlas. 

In addition to tbe above, a provision in the "Act making appropria- 
tions for the sundry civil expenses of the Government," approved 
August 5, 1892, provides for the printing and binding of 500 copies of 
tlie records for the use of Senators, Members, and Delegates of the 
Fifty-second Congress, to be printed and bound under the direction of 
the Joint Committee on Printing. These books have been distributed 
through the folding rooms of the Senate and House of Eepresenta- 
tives. This raises the total number of volumes that have been dis- 
tributed and sold to 1,467,689. The cost of this Congressional edition, 
from Vol. I to Vol. XLVIII, Part I, both inclusive, and the Atlas, 
amounted to $81,988.48, which has been paid for by this office out of the 
annual appropriations for the publication of the records. 

The proceeds of the sales, aggregating $30,154.30, have been covered 
into the Treasury, as directed by law. 

The appropriations made by Congress for the preparation, publica- 
tion, and distribution of this work, from 1874 to the close of the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1896, are as follows: 



1875. 
1877. 
1878. 
1879. 
1880. 
1881. 
1882. 
1883. 
1884. 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 



$65, 000. 00 
40, 000. 00 
20, 000. 00 
40, 000. 00 
40, 490. 00 
80, 490. 00 
80, 490. 00 
83,197.86 
73, 880. 00 
68, 405. 02 
68, 280. 00 
63, 796. 16 



1888. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
18'>3. 
1894. 
1895. 
1896. 



$63, 
63. 
127, 
266, 
266, 
266, 
206, 
188, 
160, 



380. 00 
380. 00 
380. 00 
659. 46 
780. 00 
780. 00 
780. 00 
780. 00 
380. 00 



Total 2,334,328.50 



6 REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF WAR RECORDS. 

Of the total amount appropriated, the sum of $1,184,291.02 was 
expended for printing and binding, and $1,134,44:7.50 was paid out 
for salaries, contingent or miscellaneous expenses, including reut, 
stationer}', tlie purchase of records, etc., and $15,589.98 unexpended 
balances were turned into the Treasury. The average annual expendi- 
tures for the twenty-two years have been $105,398.20. 

As the first volume of these records was issued in 1880, sixteen years 
have been devoted to the issue aud distribution of the 101 volumes 
already published, showing an average of about six books for each 
year. Tlie i)rogress of the work during the last year was kept up to 
the average, with a somewhat reduced force of employees. 

The G books issued during the year were as follows : 

Pages. 

Vol. XLVI, Part II, serial No. 96 1,493 

Vol. XLVI, Part III, serial No. 97 1,549 

Vol. XLVII, Part I, serial No. 98 1,2.52 

Vol. XLVII, Part II, serial No. 99 1,587 

Vol. XLVII, Part III, serial No. 100 974 

Vol. XL VIII, Part I, serial No. 101 1, 674 

Total 8,529 

Yols. XLVIII, Part II; XLIX, Parts I and II, and L, Parts I and II, 

will be published during the coming year. Thej^ will be followed by 
supplementary volumes, numbering probably not more than four, and 
containing imijortant official documents not accessible to the comijilers 
at the date of issuing the regularl}^ numbered volumes of Series I. 

This oflice has frequent inquiries from beneficiaries and others as to 
the number of parts contained in the several volumes. To supply this 
want, a list of the books comprising the first series is given in an 
appendix to this report. This list will enable all concerned to properly 
arrange the work in their libraries and readily determine whether or 
not all the parts have been received. The list also contains a brief 
indication of the subject treated and the particular maps that illustrate 
the theater of operations and the battle-fields. 

Geo. W. Davis, 

Major Eleventh Infantry. 
Leslie J. Perry, 

Civilian Expert. 
Joseph W. Kirkley, 
Civilian Expert. 
Board of Fuhlication. 
The Secretary op War. 



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THE ATLAS. 

Atlas contains 178 plates, consisting of a collection of several 

idred maps of important battle-fields of the war, routes of march of 

armies, plans of forts, etc., and a number of photographic views of 

!omiueiit scenes, places, and objects. Plates which do not relate to 

pecific operations, mentioned in the volumes in the above table, are 

fiven below with the subjects: 

Plate 117.— Marches of Slieriuau's army, 1863-1865. 

Plate 119. — Kansas aud portions of Territories. 

Plates 136-161. — Maps of the whole theater of the war in current use, 1861-1865. 

Plates 162-171. — Union and Confederate military divisions and deiiartmeuts, 

1861-1865. 
Plate 172. — Uniforms, Union and Confederate. 
Plate 173. — Ordnance, ordnance stores, etc. 

Plate 174. — Appliances for care and transportatian of sick or wounded. 
Plate 175. — Union and Confederate flags, and Union corps flags, badges, etc. 

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